Scheduling Operations

CCKM allows you to periodically rotate keys in the background. To rotate keys, you need to create schedule configuration. A schedule configuration defines when to run a rotate job. You can use either basic format or cron format to specify the time when the rotate job will run.

Specify basic format in the following order:

[Repeats, at]

Where,

• Repeats: frequency of the scheduler. Possible values are daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

• at: specific time at which the refresh operation will be performed. Possible value lies between 12:00-11:00 AM/PM UTC.

Specify cron format in the following order:

"* * * * *"

These five values indicate when the job should be executed. These values are mandatory and must be specified in order of minute, hour, day of month, month, and day of week.

The following table lists the accepted values:

Adding Key Rotation Schedule

A key rotation schedule replaces selected keys with new cryptographic keys at the specified time.

To add key rotation schedule:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The list of available schedules is displayed.

3. Click Add Schedule. The Add New Schedule wizard is displayed.

4. Select Schedule Type as Key Rotation.

5. Click Next.

6. On the General Info screen, enter or select the following details:

   • Enter a unique Scheduler Name.

   • From the Cloud Name drop-down list, select SAP HYOK.

   • (Optional) Add a Description for the scheduler in a maximum of 250 characters.

   • Select Enable Schedule to enable the schedule.

   • Click Next.

7. Set the values on the Schedule Config screen.

   1. Configure DURATION for the scheduler. Specify the following values:

      • Schedule Starts

      • Schedule Ends

      If you select the Never check box, the scheduler configuration will never expire, and the Schedule Ends field becomes unavailable.

   2. Configure FREQUENCY of the scheduler. The frequency determines how often the scheduler will rotate keys. Select either the Basic or the Raw (Cron) format to specify the value.

8. Click Save.

A message Schedule successfully created is displayed on the screen.

Viewing/Editing Schedules

To view/edit a schedule:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The Schedules page displays the following details:

   Field	Description
   Name	Unique name of the scheduler configuration.
   Schedule Type	Type of the schedule. Possible types are: • Key Rotation • Key Refresh • Add KMS Container (GCP and Azure only) For Luna HSM, only Key Refresh is supported.
   Cloud Name	Name of the cloud.
   Last Modified	Time when the schedule is modified.
   Frequency	Frequency of the scheduler configuration.
   Start Date	Creation time of the scheduler configuration.
   End Date	Expiry time of the scheduler configuration.
   Status	Status of the scheduler configuration. Possible values are: • Enabled • Disabled

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired schedule and click View/Edit.

4. Edit or configure the following fields and click Update:

   • Description.

   • Status of the scheduler configuration.

   • Scheduler configuration parameters such as duration, frequency, and expiry time of the key.

The Schedules page also contains a section named JOB HISTORY that contains all the related information about a schedule such as Run Date, Job ID, Status, and Errors.

Disabling Schedules

To disable a schedule configuration:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The list of available schedules is displayed.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired schedule and click Disable. The Disable Schedule message is displayed.

4. Click Disable Schedule.

A message Successfully disabled the schedule is displayed on the screen.

Enabling Schedules

To enable a schedule configuration:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The list of available schedules is displayed.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired schedule and click Enable. The Enable Schedule message is displayed.

4. Click Enable Schedule.

A message Successfully enabled the schedule is displayed on the screen.

Manually Running Schedules

To manually run a schedule:

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The list of available schedules is displayed.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired schedule and click Run Now.

The Run Now schedule is started in the background. A message Schedule is running now. It will take a few seconds to finish. is displayed on the screen. After the schedule is run successfully, a message Successfully finished running the schedule is displayed.

Deleting Schedules

1. Open the Cloud Key Manager application.

2. In the left pane, click Schedules. The list of available schedules is displayed.

3. Click the overflow icon () corresponding to the desired schedule and click Delete Schedule. The Delete Schedule message is displayed.

4. Click Delete.

A message Successfully deleted schedule is displayed on the screen.